Chapter Summaries

After the Dao Ancestor taught Lin Zhu the Method of Three Corpses United, Lin Zhu reached the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm and agreed to help Fuxi guide the Human Race after Fuxi entered reincarnation. Later, Lin Zhu received an invitation to Haotian’s enthronement and prepared gifts for the ceremony.

• Hongjun taught Lin Zhu the Method of Three Corpses United, and Lin Zhu realized his three corpses might be united because they rested upon his Three Flowers on Top.
• Lin Zhu returned to Golden Turtle Island, contemplated the method, and advanced to the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Fuxi visited Lin Zhu and explained that he planned to enter reincarnation and join the Human Race to repay his karmic debt for the Witch-Slaughtering Sword.
• Lin Zhu promised to find Fuxi after his rebirth, take him as a disciple, and teach him cultivation and governance.
• After several hundred years, a heavenly soldier invited Lin Zhu to Haotian’s enthronement ceremony, and Lin Zhu selected treasures as gifts.

Lin Zhu attended Haotian’s Heavenly Emperor coronation with Jin Chan and reunited with Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du. After the ceremony, Haotian revealed he would soon undergo reincarnation and asked his brothers to help him kill Kunpeng before then.

• Jin Chan asked to accompany Lin Zhu to Haotian’s coronation, and Lin Zhu agreed to take him to the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian welcomed Lin Zhu and Jin Chan, then received Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du at the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Haotian officially ascended as Heavenly Emperor, drawing the Heavenly Court’s Fortune and hosting a ceremony that lasted nearly ten years.
• Haotian hosted Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du at a banquet and explained that he had to undergo reincarnation and tribulation every three thousand years.
• Haotian announced that he intended to kill Kunpeng before his coming reincarnation, and Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du supported the plan.

Haotian, Guang Chengzi, Xuan Du, and Lin Zhu attacked Kunpeng at the North Sea Demon Master Palace and brought him to the brink of death. Lin Zhu stopped the others from killing him, suggesting Kunpeng might atone for his crimes by earning merit, and left his fate unresolved.

• Haotian, Guang Chengzi, Xuan Du, and Lin Zhu agreed to travel to the North Sea and kill Kunpeng for his many crimes.
• Haotian challenged Kunpeng at the Demon Master Palace, and the two fought until Guang Chengzi, Lin Zhu, and Xuan Du joined in.
• Guang Chengzi and Haotian unleashed the Fantian Seal and Haotian Pagoda, while Lin Zhu blocked Kunpeng's escape and wounded his wings with the Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• The four surrounded and gravely wounded Kunpeng, who pleaded for his life as Haotian, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du prepared to kill him.
• Lin Zhu told Haotian and Guang Chengzi to hold back, arguing that Kunpeng could repay his crimes by turning over a new leaf and earning merit.

Lin Zhu bound Kunpeng to the Heavenly Court, then advanced his cultivation but found the Primordial Wilderness lacked the spiritual qi needed for him to reach Chaotic Origin. He brought the North Sea Xuan Turtle's soul to the Underworld, where Houtu agreed to help send it into reincarnation.

• Lin Zhu made Kunpeng swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, branded him for a million years, and appointed him the Heavenly Court's Heaven Protecting Divine Beast.
• Lin Zhu lectured Jin Chan on Daluo cultivation, then secluded himself and united his Three Corpses.
• Lin Zhu reached the peak beneath the Saints but could not break through to Chaotic Origin because the Primordial Wilderness lacked sufficient spiritual qi.
• Lin Zhu took the North Sea Xuan Turtle's soul to the Six Paths of Reincarnation and met Houtu in Fengdu City.
• Lin Zhu explained Xuan Turtle's promise of the Human Emperor Position, and Houtu agreed to help send his soul into reincarnation.

Hou Tu received Zhenyuan Zi, who had come to arrange the reincarnation of Lin Zhu’s soul, while Fuxi took Leize as his disciple and raised him beside the Luo River. After Hua Xu died, Fuxi continued teaching Leize, leaving the future Human Emperor in his care.

• Hou Tu sensed Zhenyuan Zi’s arrival in the Nine Underworlds and met him with Lin Zhu.
• Zhenyuan Zi asked Hou Tu to arrange reincarnation for Lin Zhu’s soul, and she agreed.
• Fuxi found Leize by the Bank of Luo River, recognized his extraordinary potential, and accepted him as his disciple.
• Fuxi and Leize met Hua Xu, and Fuxi began living in seclusion by the river to teach Leize.
• Xuan Du visited Fuxi, gave Leize a Foundation Nurturing Pill, and learned that Fuxi had taken him as a disciple.
• Hua Xu died decades later, and Fuxi and Leize buried her on Front Mountain.

Lin Zhu guided Fuxi as he earned merit among the Human Race, while Guang Chengzi took Reincarnated Haotian as his disciple and Xuan Du lamented missing the chance. After Fuxi gained the Hetu Luoshu and Fuxi Zither from Nüwa, he and Lin Zhu studied the treasures, and Lin Zhu began to gain an insight.

• Fuxi traveled the Primordial Wilderness, helping the Human Race, promoting Knot-Tying Record-Keeping and the Marriage System, and earning merit and renown.
• Xuan Du visited Lin Zhu and explained that Guang Chengzi had taken Reincarnated Haotian as his disciple, though Xuan Du had wanted to do so himself.
• Fuxi returned to Lin Zhu, refined his accumulated merit, and broke through into the Golden Immortal realm after a thousand years.
• Jin Ning delivered the Hetu Luoshu and Fuxi Zither to Lin Zhu under Nüwa's orders, and Lin Zhu passed both treasures to Fuxi.
• Fuxi refined the Fuxi Zither and studied the Hetu Luoshu with Lin Zhu for a hundred years, until Lin Zhu gained a sudden insight.

Lin Zhu uncovered how the Fetal Membrane of Heaven created the Primordial Wilderness’s spiritual qi and realized its shortage fueled great calamities. He trained Fuxi to master the Hetu Luoshu and Eight Trigrams, then helped him suppress the Primordial Turbid Qi; Fuxi’s success led the Human Tribes to consider naming him their Co-Lord.

• Lin Zhu learned that the Fetal Membrane of Heaven transformed Chaos Qi into spiritual qi, but cultivation had made the supply insufficient and caused calamities.
• After several hundred years of Lin Zhu’s guidance, Fuxi comprehended All Heavens Astrology, derived the Eight Trigrams, and reached the Grand Yi Realm.
• Lin Zhu sent Fuxi to travel the Primordial Wilderness and slay demons, then recalled him when the Earth Turbid Qi continued to corrupt spirits.
• Lin Zhu taught Fuxi to establish the Primordial Calendar, four seasons, and twenty-four solar terms, and Fuxi reached the Daluo Realm after a thousand years.
• Lin Zhu gave Fuxi the Violet Lightning Hammer, and Fuxi refined it before going to the Human Race world to spread the calendar and use the Eight Trigrams to suppress the Primordial Turbid Qi.
• Fuxi’s work increased the Human Tribes’ Fortune and his prestige, prompting many tribes to nominate him as the Human Race Co-Lord.

Fuxi eliminated the transformed Primordial Turbid Qi, became the Human Race Co-Lord and Heavenly Emperor, and recovered his memories. Later, Lin Zhu and Xuan Du went to the Heavenly Court and found Guang Chengzi guarding the South Heaven Gate after angering Haotian.

• Fuxi tracked the transformed Primordial Turbid Qi to a cave beneath Buzhou Mountain and destroyed it with the Violet Palace Divine Lightning.
• The Human Tribes elevated Fuxi as their Co-Lord, and Lin Zhu summoned Taishang Laojun to provide the Kongtong Seal for his enthronement.
• Xuan Du used the Kongtong Seal to proclaim Fuxi the first Human Emperor, and Fuxi received the Human Race's fortune and merit, advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm, and recovered his past-life memories.
• Fuxi thanked Lin Zhu before leaving to handle his duties, while Xuan Du stayed with Lin Zhu at the Bank of Luo River.
• A heavenly soldier invited Lin Zhu and Xuan Du to the Heavenly Court, where they found Guang Chengzi guarding the South Heaven Gate.
• Guang Chengzi asked Lin Zhu and Xuan Du to speak to Haotian on his behalf, but Lin Zhu refused because Guang Chengzi had angered the Heavenly Emperor by taking Haotian's reincarnated body as his disciple.

After Haotian completed his tribulation, Lin Zhu and Xuan Du visited the Heavenly Court and arranged for Guang Chengzi to leave his post and pursue the position of Teacher of the Human Emperor. The Western Sect also moved to claim the coming Earth Emperor, but Lin Zhu discovered that the Earth Emperor had been born among the Human Race and resolved to secure the role for their lineage.

• Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi visited Haotian, who hosted them at a banquet in Yaochi and told them about his tribulation.
• Haotian expressed interest in reincarnating as a human after hearing of the Human Race's growing prosperity.
• Lin Zhu persuaded Haotian to let Guang Chengzi leave his guard post temporarily to seek the position of Teacher of the Human Emperor, though Guang Chengzi would later serve another fifty years.
• Daoist Zhunti sent Yaoshi east to compete for the Teacher of the Earth Emperor and dispatched Ksitigarbha to seek merit in the Underworld.
• Lin Zhu and his fellow disciples waited by the Luo River as Fuxi helped the Human Race prosper.
• An omen revealed that the Earth Emperor, the reincarnated North Sea Xuan Turtle, had been born among the Lianshan Clan, and Lin Zhu resolved not to let the Western Sect claim his tutelage.

Xuan Du took the descended Earth Emperor, Kuiwei, as his disciple and trained him in medicine, while Yaoshi raised Yun Zhong Clan, the reincarnation of Red Cloud, as a rival candidate. After a century of both men earning Merit and renown, Fuxi asked Lin Zhu which should inherit the Human Emperor Position, and Lin Zhu recognized the struggle between them.

• Lin Zhu detected the Earth Emperor's descent, and Xuan Du went to the Lianshan Tribe and named the infant Kuiwei as his disciple.
• Yaoshi arrived too late to claim Kuiwei, then took Yun Zhong Clan as his disciple in another Human tribe.
• Xuan Du trained Kuiwei in medicine, and Kuiwei treated plague victims while gaining renown among the Human Race.
• Yaoshi trained Yun Zhong Clan in healing, and Yun Zhong Clan gained prestige and ambition to contend for the Earth Emperor Position.
• A hundred years later, Fuxi asked Lin Zhu whether Yun Zhong Clan or Lianshan Kuiwei should succeed him, and Lin Zhu recognized Yun Zhong Clan as Red Cloud's reincarnation and Kuiwei as his rival.

Lin Zhu met with Zhenyuan Zi and later welcomed Lianshan Kuiwei, who sought advice on helping the Human Race. Lin Zhu explained how herbal prescriptions could ease illness and promised to find Lianshan Kuiwei a Medicine Cauldron.

• Fuxi left Lin Zhu after deciding to observe the Yun Zhong Clan and Lianshan Kuiwei longer before choosing the next Human Emperor.
• Zhenyuan Zi visited Lin Zhu to discuss Red Cloud's reincarnation and ask for help advancing the Yun Zhong Clan, but Lin Zhu declined to interfere.
• Lin Zhu and Zhenyuan Zi debated the Dao for centuries, and Lin Zhu comprehended the Divine Power Universe in the Sleeves.
• Lianshan Kuiwei visited Lin Zhu, who praised his efforts to heal the Human Race and found him compassionate and sincere.
• Lin Zhu taught Lianshan Kuiwei that ordinary people could use herbal prescriptions to prepare medicine and reduce suffering.
• Lin Zhu offered to find Lianshan Kuiwei a Medicine Cauldron as a meeting gift, and Lianshan Kuiwei accepted.

Lin Zhu obtained the North Sea Xuan Turtle’s shell from Nüwa and forged the Shennong Cauldron for Lianshan Kuiwei, inspiring him to taste herbs and record their medicinal properties. As Lianshan’s prestige grew, Yaoshi Liuli plotted to kill him, but Yun Zhong warned him, and Lianshan refused to abandon his work.

• Lin Zhu visited Nüwa at Wa Huang Palace and received the Xuan Turtle Shell to forge a cauldron for Lianshan Kuiwei.
• Lin Zhu made the Shennong Cauldron, and Lianshan Kuiwei used its insights to begin tasting herbs and recording their effects for the Human Race.
• Lianshan Kuiwei’s herbal remedies and sacrifices earned him growing prestige among the Human Race, surpassing Yun Zhong.
• Yaoshi Liuli promised Yun Zhong the Earth Emperor Position if Lianshan Kuiwei died, but Yun Zhong pleaded with his master not to harm him.
• Yun Zhong warned Lianshan Kuiwei that someone intended to kill him, but Lianshan refused to hide and continued his mission.

Yun Zhong warned Lianshan Kuiwei that Yaoshi meant to harm him, then joined him on his journey and became his friend. Yaoshi poisoned Lianshan, but Lianshan revived through Propping Heaven Merit and recovered his past-life memories, while Guang Chengzi confronted Yaoshi.

• Yun Zhong failed to persuade Lianshan Kuiwei to turn back, so he accompanied him to protect him, and the two became friends as they traveled and discussed medicinal principles.
• Lin Zhu recognized Yun Zhong as Red Cloud's Reincarnated Body and explained to Guang Chengzi why Yun Zhong's background made him an unsuitable disciple.
• Yaoshi transformed into Intestine Severing Poisonous Grass, and Lianshan Kuiwei died after eating it, leaving the Human Race in mourning.
• Xuan Du went to Lin Zhu for help, and Lin Zhu sent Guang Chengzi to confront Yaoshi while he and Xuan Du went to Lianshan's death site.
• Propping Heaven Merit descended upon Lianshan Kuiwei, reviving him and restoring his memories of sacrificing himself to prop up the heavens in his previous life.
• Guang Chengzi found Yaoshi disguised as Yun Zhong and treating a Human Race tribe, then attacked him with magical power.

Guang Chengzi fought Yaoshi after exposing his disguise and drove him off with the Fantian Seal, settling their earlier humiliation. Yun Zhong sought forgiveness for being used by Yaoshi, recovered his past-life memories as Red Cloud, and chose to join the Chan Sect under Yuanshi Tianzun.

• Guang Chengzi exposed Yaoshi's disguise and pursued him, then battled him until Xuan Du and Lin Zhu arrived.
• Yaoshi's Gleaming Pagoda was overwhelmed by Guang Chengzi's Fantian Seal, forcing Yaoshi to flee.
• Lin Zhu stopped Guang Chengzi from pursuing Yaoshi to avoid provoking a war between the Chan Sect and the Western Sect.
• Yun Zhong admitted that Yaoshi had used him and revealed that he had recovered his past-life memories as Red Cloud; Lin Zhu and Xuan Du forgave him.
• Zhenyuan Zi arrived and offered Yun Zhong a place at Five Villages Temple, but Yun Zhong chose to join the Chan Sect with Guang Chengzi.
• Guang Chengzi and Zhenyuan Zi escorted Yun Zhong toward the Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun.

Fuxi passed the Human Emperor Position to Lianshan Kuiwei, who became Shennong, the Earth Emperor of the Human Race. Afterward, Lin Zhu went to Purple Cloud Palace to tell Hongjun about the Principles of the Starry Heavens and the shortage of spiritual qi in the Primordial World.

• Fuxi invited Lin Zhu and Xuan Du to witness his planned abdication in favor of Lianshan Kuiwei.
• Fuxi named Lianshan Kuiwei as his successor, citing his service to the Human Race, and transferred the Human Emperor Position to him.
• Xuan Du used the Kongtong Seal to confer the title of Earth Emperor on Lianshan Kuiwei, who took the name Shennong and received most of the Merit.
• Fuxi stayed in the Suiming Tribe to prepare for seclusion, while Xuan Du returned to Shouyang Mountain and Lin Zhu traveled to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Lin Zhu told Hongjun that his study of the Hetu Luoshu had revealed the Principles of the Starry Heavens, then described how dwindling spiritual qi was contributing to Great Calamities.

Lin Zhu and Dao Ancestor Hongjun strengthened the Fetal Membrane of Heaven with twelve layers of Small Heavenly Court Zhou Tian Star Dou Arrays, and Lin Zhu gained the Wielding Creation Divine Power. After learning the Chaos Bell had fallen into the South Sea Sea Eye, Lin Zhu set out to retrieve it and encountered Nüwa, Shennong's daughter Jingwei, whom he warned away from the water.

• Lin Zhu proposed using a protective array to strengthen the Fetal Membrane of Heaven, and he and Dao Ancestor Hongjun tested the Small Heavenly Court Zhou Tian Star Dou Array.
• Lin Zhu and Hongjun arranged twelve layers of arrays, increasing the Fetal Membrane's production of spiritual qi, and Lin Zhu comprehended Wielding Creation.
• Hongjun deduced that the Chaos Bell had fallen into the South Sea Sea Eye and sent Lin Zhu to retrieve it so he could study the Heavenly Court Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array with Fuxi's Hetu Luoshu.
• Hongjun summoned Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, Zhun Ti, and Jie Yin to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• On his way to the South Sea, Lin Zhu recognized Nüwa, Shennong's daughter Jingwei, and warned her that playing in the water was dangerous for her.

Lin Zhu found the Chaos Bell in the South Sea Sea Eye, destroyed Donghuang Taiyi’s remnant soul, and began studying the bell’s secrets. As the Human Emperor’s arrival neared, the Western Saints sent Maitreya and Amitabha east to claim the teaching position, while Guang Chengzi hoped it would be his turn.

• Lin Zhu warned Nüwa away from the water and sent her back to the Lianshan Tribe, where Shennong urged her to heed the warning.
• Lin Zhu entered the South Sea Sea Eye, found the Chaos Bell, and drew it into his grasp.
• Lin Zhu discovered Donghuang Taiyi’s remnant soul inside the bell and destroyed it before beginning to study the bell’s mysteries.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin summoned Maitreya and Amitabha and sent them east to prepare to accept the Human Emperor as their disciple.
• At the Bank of Luo River, Xuan Du and Guang Chengzi discussed their absent senior brother, and Guang Chengzi said he expected to become the Human Emperor’s teacher.

Guang Chengzi took Jiu Li’s reincarnated body as his disciple, while the young man in the Youxiong Tribe rejected Maitreya and Amitabha’s offer to train him for the Human Emperor position. In Purple Cloud Palace, the Dao Ancestor told the Six Saints that Lin Zhu was seeking the Chaos Bell to comprehend the Zhou Tian Star Array and strengthen the Fetal Membrane of Heaven.

• Guang Chengzi found Jiu Li reborn in the Chi You Tribe, accepted him as his disciple, and settled nearby to teach him.
• Maitreya and Amitabha found the sword-bearing youth in the Youxiong Tribe and offered to make him their disciple.
• The youth challenged their motives and rejected them, so Maitreya and Amitabha withdrew to a nearby mountain to consider what to do.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin joined Tongtian, Taishang, Yuanshi, and Nüwa at Purple Cloud Palace, where the Dao Ancestor explained Lin Zhu’s plan to strengthen the Fetal Membrane of Heaven.
• Daoist Zhunti doubted Lin Zhu could comprehend the Zhou Tian Star Array from the Chaos Bell, but Tongtian defended his disciple’s ability.
• The Dao Ancestor said the Saints would wait for Lin Zhu’s results and would reveal the array himself if Lin Zhu could not comprehend it.

Lin Zhu comprehended the Chaotic Origin protective array All Stars Convergence and explained it to Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Six Saints. After they spent a hundred years setting it up around the Fetal Membrane of Heaven, Lin Zhu gained Merit and insight into Chaotic Origin, then headed to Golden Turtle Island to cultivate.

• While comprehending the Heavenly Court Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array in the South Sea Sea Eye, Lin Zhu deduced and created the All Stars Convergence Array.
• Lin Zhu went to Purple Cloud Palace, where he told Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Six Saints that he had found the Chaos Bell and comprehended the new array.
• At Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s request, Lin Zhu explained the array’s principles, and the Six Saints learned how to set it up.
• Under Lin Zhu’s guidance, the Six Saints spent a hundred years establishing the All Stars Convergence Array around the Fetal Membrane of Heaven.
• Lin Zhu activated the array, which increased the Fetal Membrane of Heaven’s transformation of spiritual qi by more than tenfold and brought Merit to him and the Six Saints.
• After sensing a chance to attain Chaotic Origin while observing the Saints, Lin Zhu left for Golden Turtle Island to digest his insights and improve his cultivation.

Lin Zhu traveled through the Primordial World to improve his state of mind and found Golden Roar’s escaped primordial spirit trying to merge with Ying Gou at the Yellow River Source. After destroying it, Lin Zhu explained that Ying Gou’s resentment toward Youxiong Shi had made him vulnerable and urged him to recognize the merit in guarding the river.

• Lin Zhu returned to Golden Turtle Island, refined the Chaos Bell, advised Jin Chan, and then visited Xuan Du at the Luo River.
• Xuan Du told Lin Zhu that Guang Chengzi had gone to train Chi You as the Human Emperor, while Lin Zhu considered how Jiu Li and Xuanyuan’s fates might change.
• Youxiong Shi and Chi You expanded their tribes separately, while Maitreya and Amitabha repeatedly failed to persuade Youxiong Shi to become their disciple.
• Lin Zhu left the Luo River to travel and cultivate his state of mind, eventually reaching the upper Yellow River.
• Lin Zhu discovered Golden Roar’s primordial spirit merging with Ying Gou, seized it as it fled, and destroyed it.
• Ying Gou challenged Lin Zhu’s interference, and Lin Zhu explained that Youxiong Shi had assigned him to guard the Yellow River Source so he could accumulate Merit.